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- February 2003 (Revised October 2003)
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Versity.com
By: Leslie A. Perlow
Versity.com has grown from four college students working out of a dorm to a $125 million venture capital-backed company. The young founders and new professional managers struggle to create a company vision and grapple with the question of whether to acquire another... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Growth and Development; Organizational Design; Mission and Purpose; Strategic Planning; Conflict and Resolution; Mergers and Acquisitions; Management Teams; Core Relationships
Perlow, Leslie A. "Versity.com." Harvard Business School Case 403-132, February 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- August 2001 (Revised March 2008)
- Supplement
Kirk Arnold
By: Nitin Nohria and Alan Price
Supplements NerveWire, Inc. View Details
Keywords: Recruitment; Value; Mission and Purpose; Partners and Partnerships; Business Model; Customer Value and Value Chain; Investment Return; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Problems and Challenges; Consulting Industry; Newton
Nohria, Nitin, and Alan Price. "Kirk Arnold." Harvard Business School Supplement 402-020, August 2001. (Revised March 2008.)
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-015.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAtlantis Paradise Island Resort & Casino: Improving Performance with a New Vision and Mission Lynda M. Applegate, Chekitan S. Dev, and Gabriele PiccoliHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)
kept hearing that the mission of HBS was to create leaders that make a positive difference in the world. I was eager to work with the Social Enterprise Initiative and Conference. At HBS, I was a student in pilot classes Reimagining... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 15 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development
Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) as they make headway on an exciting development project in central Detroit. They’re a small non-profit on a mission to make healthy and fresh foods available to everyday Detroiters,... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 06 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
The MS/MBA Technology Showcase: A Celebration of Our Startups
Showcase, I shared our story and our mission with my classmates, our advisors, and the broader MS/MBA community. Late hours spent doing customer interviews, applications submitted between MBA classes, and our multiple pivots all felt... View Details
- 09 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Pursuing an Interest in Nonprofits at HBS
helped to design it last fall. The course combines classroom case-based learning and a field project. Through the field project, the course provides students with an opportunity to partner with local nonprofit organizations whose mission... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- News
Smarter Farming
Zealand forestry and turn it into farming for animals. That involved cutting down a lot of trees, putting up a lot of fences, and putting lots of animals across some of New Zealand's most pristine country. Today, our mission is very... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
mission of making a difference in the world. To all of you, we extend our sincere appreciation. And to the graduates of the Class of 2001 who join our ranks this month, welcome to the extended HBS community! Edmund A. Hajim (MBA 1964)... View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
- News
One School at a Time
and opened just eight years ago, ASMS is a private school driven by the mission to provide an academically challenging, inquiry-based learning environment for children in grades 6 through 8. “At the end of 5th grade, American students are... View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)
business rigor with positive impact in the world. These guiding lights led me to Harvard Business School. I kept hearing that the mission of HBS was to create leaders that make a positive difference in the world. I was eager to work with... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
has delivered more than 2 million units of PPE since mid-May. “I hope that a vaccine will come out and we can declare mission accomplished, but until we know that COVID is really under control, we expect to be here to supply anybody who... View Details
- September 2023
- Article
Corporate Purpose in Public and Private Firms
By: Claudine Gartenberg and George Serafeim
Analyzing data from approximately 1.5 million employees across 1,108 established public and private US companies, we find that the strength of employee beliefs related to purpose is weaker in public companies. Among public companies, those beliefs are stronger for... View Details
Keywords: Purpose; Corporate Purpose; Culture; Corporate Culture; Public And Private Organizations; Hedge Fund; Executive Pay; Corporate Governance; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Mission and Purpose; Employees; Attitudes; Executive Compensation; Ownership
Gartenberg, Claudine, and George Serafeim. "Corporate Purpose in Public and Private Firms." Management Science 69, no. 9 (September 2023): 5087–5111.
- January 2009 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
College Summit: Rethinking the Relationship Between Growth and Impact
By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta
College Summit, a nonprofit organization "committed to the day when every student who can make it in college makes it to college," was faced with an important strategic decision. After growing rapidly at more than 30% a year for the last several years, founder and CEO,... View Details
Keywords: Secondary Education; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Education Industry
Childress, Stacey M., and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "College Summit: Rethinking the Relationship Between Growth and Impact." Harvard Business School Case 309-088, January 2009. (Revised May 2009.)
- Profile
Triston Francis
product development, a better bottom-line performance, plus an opportunity to have greater social impact.” “HBS’ mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world strikes a deep chord with me,” Triston concludes. “It’s an... View Details
- 08 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
CS50 for MBAs: Coding at HBS
mission I found compelling took the form of an opportunity to join the Boston Ballet as the Chief of Staff and help push forward a massive website and systems upgrade project that the Ballet had just launched. Millions of dollars of... View Details
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Exploring California’s Climate Frontier: E&E Club’s Bay Area Trek - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business & Environment... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs
In this video, Startup Factory Ethiopia cofounder Thomas Ferede (MBA 2009) explains the mission of his organization—and how the HBS network has helped further its goals. “So Startup Factory Ethiopia is a venture builder. We wanted to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
increased expectations for hard, measurable results. Which seems only fair, right? The problem: Nonprofits can lose sight of their mission if a major funder's performance measurement priorities don't align with the necessary actions to... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
and the larger world. A culmination of four years of extensive research, this book (excerpted below) chronicles some of the myriad ways alumni are living the mission through social impact. “It is impressive and inspiring to see the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint